St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1887-04-30
TO CONFERENCE AND BACK.


EDITOR OF. lANNANY FARMER:
With your permission. I will
give your readers a little sketch Of
my trip to conference. On Thurs
day evening, the 10Th inst, in ccn;-
pany with Mr.. J. E. Smith. one ol
Covingtons oldest citizens. I sci
out for tie District Conference.
which was to convene on the 2lss
inst. ut Eilisvil!e. situared on the
Northeastern Kailrosd, abont lis
miles distant from Covington. AZ
ter a ride OF niue miles. through
clouds of dust. We reined our horse
in front of the gate of Mr.. j. NJ.
Abney. another Of Covinstcn's hon.
ored citizens aud Christian gentle
man. and who owns a large sheep
ranch near the p. l. +. Railroad
With this versatile and affabis gen.
tleman We spent the night On the
morning OF the Goth We boarded
the train of the p. l. F. Railroad,
at the head of the track, seven
miles from Abita Springs. and rnn
down to Pearl River Station, on the
Northeastern Railroad, where We
had to wait three hours for III.
uorth-bound train. While doing
SO we called on ths far famed writer
Mrs. L. Crary Sadler, aud her
daughter, Mrs. Crockett, with whom
we spent very pleasant hour. At
IL n. we boarded the train for FL
lisville. A ring Of the bell. the
throttle is opened. and we are
sweeping through the rich forests
Of Pearl River swamp at tie rate
Of thirty-fve miles an hour. After
q run of three hours and q half,
through as fine pine woods country
as there is in the South, we hear
the shrill whistle of the locomotive
signalling stop for the place OF
our destination. The train SLOWS
ap." we step out upon the spacious
platform in front Of the dspot, and
are now permitted to drink in the
bygienic breezes chat play over the
pine forests Of south Mississippi.
Ellisvills is q beautiful town Of
about 1900 Inhabitants, where. be-
fore the railroad was built, there
VAS not house standing. A fair
demonstration of what railroads
will do for place. Let the people
OF Covington take notice and he
governed accordingly. Another
beautiful feature about the town,
which l noticed. was that there was
not bar-room in it. It is strictly
a prohibition town. There are two
elegant churches in the town, one
Methodist and the other a Baptist
Our Conference was presided
over by Bishop Duncan. whose
sasy manner in the clair. and So
cial disposition. won all hearts to
hun. The introf uciory sermon
was preached by DR.. T. S. West,
P. E.. of the SeasLore District,
much TO the delight Of all present.
The attendance Of preachers and
delegates was not quite as large as
i might have been. owing. l pre-
'nme. to the inaccessibility Of the
place. The business of the Con-
ference, up ~ 10 A. n. was moving
slong harinoniously. at which time
his writer. in consequence Of a
previous engagement. had to bid
farewell to the healthful hills aud
generous hearts of Ellisville. With
ra;ise in hand and prayer in my
,eart for the good people VI the
own. ] took the south-b0nnd train
or home. where loving hearts were
waiting me.
After a walk Of twelve miles, on
eaving Pearl River Station. We
again reached the hosp;tal,le abode
Il our friend and brother j. NJ
AOney, where we spent anoihe,
night Of comfort and pleasure. On
Saturday morning. knowing that
the early bird catches the worm,
We took Daylight start for Gov
ngton. aud by half-past s o'clock
ss were enjoying again the sweet
association OF our family.
II